Take-Home Naloxone for the Emergency Interim Management of Opioid Overdose: The Public Health Application of an Emergency Medicine

Naloxone is a well-established essential medicine for the treatment of life-threatening heroin/opioid overdose in emergency medicine. Over two decades, the concept of ‘take-home naloxone’ has evolved, comprising pre-provision of an emergency supply to laypersons likely to witness an opioid overdose...

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Published in:	Drugs (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 79; no. 13; pp. 1395 - 1418
Main Authors:	Strang, John, McDonald, Rebecca, Campbell, Gabrielle, Degenhardt, Louisa, Nielsen, Suzanne, Ritter, Alison, Dale, Ola
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2019 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Analgesics Analgesics, Opioid - adverse effects Animals Bioavailability Drug abuse Drug dosages Drug overdose Drug Overdose - drug therapy Emergency management Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Medicine - methods Emergency preparedness Fatalities Fentanyl Grey literature Heroin Hospitals Humans Interim management Internal Medicine Legislation Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Mortality risk Naloxone Naloxone - therapeutic use Narcotics Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy Opioids Overdose Peers Pharmacology/Toxicology Pharmacotherapy Prescription drugs Prisons Public health Public Health - methods Review Review Article Safety margins Sprays Syringes Technology transfer United States > US North America
ISSN:	0012-6667, 1179-1950, 1179-1950
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